Microelectronics
has brought about an unprecedented economic growth during the past fifty years.
It revolutionized industries as manufacturing efficiency increased; and new
industries, such as information services, have been built on it. A similar
opportunity of innovation could be prompted as soft electronics overcome
obstacles and becomes an important technology.

The
value of soft electronics technology is that it offers advantages that
conventional silicon based technology does not. Devices can be manufactured on
a thin glass or plastic sheet, metal foil and even clothing. Technological
advances will enable new functionalities and novel designs for many
applications. Flexible/Wearable devices can be installed in the form of thin
wall display, lighting and healthcare. Unbreakable and flexible devices can
work as rollable mobile or rollable large screen TVs. Furthermore, by combining
the conventional silicon CMOS with organic materials along with the transfer
technology, and flexible electronic system could be realized.

In this
talk, transfer and printed technology will be introduced with an emphasis on
the possible hybridization with the conventional silicon technology.